{"id":72266,"date":"2022-11-10T19:18:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T19:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/10\/japan-us-hold-joint-drills-amid-china-north-korea-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:23:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:23:45","slug":"japan-us-hold-joint-drills-amid-china-north-korea-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/11\/10\/japan-us-hold-joint-drills-amid-china-north-korea-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan, US hold joint drills amid China, North Korea concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOKYO \u2014 Japan and the United States began a major joint military exercise Thursday in southern Japan as the allies aim to step up readiness in the face of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pentagon\/2022\/11\/08\/pentagon-xi-and-putin-edging-toward-an-alliance\/\" target=\"_blank\">China\u2019s increasing assertiveness<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/11\/09\/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-toward-eastern-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Korea\u2019s intensifying missile launches<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The biennial \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/10\/26\/us-japan-militaries-launch-keen-sword-21-exercise\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keen Sword<\/a>\u201d drills kicked off at a Japanese air base in southern Japan and were also held at multiple other locations in and around Japan. They will run through Nov. 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/home\/2022\/09\/01\/us-soldiers-launch-javelin-missiles-in-japan-for-first-time\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7391594.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US soldiers launch Javelin missiles in Japan for first time<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska, started the opening day of exercises with training on Javelins.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 26,000 Japanese and 10,000 American troops, as well as 30 vessels and 370 aircraft from both sides, are to participate in the drills, according to the Japanese Defense Ministry. Australia, Britain and Canada will also join parts of the drills, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joint field trainings that include amphibious landing exercises are planned on southwestern Japanese remote islands, including Tokunoshima, Amami and Tsutarajima, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/05\/26\/japan-us-fly-fighters-after-china-drill-n-korean-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Japan<\/a> has been bolstering its defense capability in the region amid growing tensions over China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has reinforced its claims to virtually the entire South China Sea by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/china\/2022\/03\/20\/china-fully-militarized-isles-indo-pacific-commander-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">constructing artificial islands equipped with military installations and airfields<\/a>. Beijing also claims a string of islands that are controlled by Japan in the East China Sea, and has stepped up military harassment of self-ruled Taiwan, which it says is part of China to be annexed by force if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The joint exercise also comes on the heels of intensifying missile firings by North Korea, which has launched more than 30 of them this year, including one on Wednesday that fell in the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Last month, an intercontinental ballistic missile flew over northern Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, citing worsening security in the region, has pledged to substantially increase Japanese military capability and possibly allow pre-emptive strike capability to attack enemy missile launch sites from afar. 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